In 1986, Sims claimed someone had abducted her daughter Loralei from her Jersey County home.
“He was going to kill me, I was in such shock, I didn’t know he was going to take my baby,” she told reporters at the time. “I just did what he said.”
Police launched a massive search.
Pat Gauen was a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at the time.
“It just riveted news coverage in St. Louis like I rarely have ever seen for any case on either side of the river,” he recalled.
Ten days later, the baby’s remains were found 150 feet behind the Sims’ home.
Woman who admitted to killing newborn daughters now eligible for parole
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Child-killer Sims could get parole
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Paula Sims holds the hand of her father, Orville Blew, as they leave the Jersey County Courthouse after posting bond in May of 1989 on four felony charges related to the death of her first daughter, Loralei Marie Sims, who died in 1986. Show MoreShow Less
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Paula Sims is escorted from the Cottage Hills home of her parents, Orville and Nylene Blew, after she was indicted by a Madison County grand jury. Show MoreShow Less
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Local, regional and national media surround then Chief of Detectives Alton Sgt. Rick McCain who was leading the investigation in the Sims murder case. Show MoreShow Less